THE EASTER sun streams through the clouds, illuminating the EI Aksa dome and the
Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, the city that saw the final days of Jesus. (CNS photo)

A celebration of life,
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Today we celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord
Jesus Christ. In this celebration of our Lord's Resurrection we celebrate our own rebirth to new life
through baptism.
.In baptism we died with Christ. We died to sin, in
order to live for Christ. We received the gift of the
Holy Spirit who transformed us from the children of
Adam into the adopted children of God the Father.
Under the guidance of the Spirit, this gift of supernatural grace springs forth within us unto life eternal.
The celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
is a celebration of life. It is the celebration of eternal
life which Christ won for us and which He promises to
all Christians. It is more than a promise of future
glory, it is already a reality in our lives. Christ came
that we might have life and have it in its fullness. This
fullness of life is ours today. The reign of God is in our
midst. It is here, even now. It reigns within our hearts
and souls.
St. John teaches us that eternal life is to know the

only true God and Him whom He has sent, Jesus
Christ. We Christians celebrate today the Lord Jesus
Christ - His life, Passion, death and Resurrection
-and the fullness of life and joy which this Good
News brings to us.
Let the fullness of life which Christ shares with us
through the power ofthe Holy Spirit be truly felt and
manifested within each of us during these fifty days of
Easter. Let it be a celebration of renewed joy and
lively faith. Let it be a celebration of life! May the joy
and new life of Easter renew and refresh our spiritual
lives as each new spring renews and refreshes our
spirits.
May the grace and peace of the risen Lord be with
you and all your loved ones. May you experience the
fullness of His joy and the divine life which He shares
with us.
Faithfully yours in Christ,

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Bishop of Fall River

NEW YORK (CNS) - New
York Cardinal John J. O'Connor,
elected chairman of the bishops'
Committee on Pro-Life Activities
in November, said the bishops as a
body planned to emphasize persuasion rather than excommunication in their efforts against abortion.
Among the efforts. he sai<;l. is
the hiring of public relations and
polling firms to pursue a pro-life
communications campaign. He said
there were also plans for "major
prayer campaigns."
He declared that the threefold
undertaking "requires a commitment no less intense than that
which we have made over the years
to the poor. the aged, the homeIt::ss. the handicapped, disadvantaged minorities, refugees and
immigrants."
Hired by the "bishops were the
Hill and Knowlton public relations firm with headquarters in
New York, and the Wirthlin Group.
a polling firm based in McLean.
Va., a Washington suburb.
The cardinal estimated the campaign's length at three to five years
and its cost at $3 million-$5 million. He said funds will be raised
entirely from outside sources.
Hill and Knowlton is the second
largest U.S. public relations firm.
with billings of $164 million. The
Wirthlin Group has conducted
polls primarily for Republican
political candidates.
John Berard of Hill and Knowlton's Washington office said an

initial "audit" of existing bishops'
pro-life materials was under way.
A public attitude survey would
also be conducted before "we can
begin to create and craft" a campaign.
"The goal (of the campaign) is
well-stated: to move the debate
toward a public discussion (of)
moral ends and achievable goals,"
Berard said.
Cardinal O'Connor said that
abortion rights proponents. "to
realize their goals. have purchased
the advice and assistance of professional communications counselors and public opinion experts.
Given the stakes -life itself -·we
can do no less."
With regard to the excommunication issue, the cardinal noted
that "At this point. we are not
devoting ourselves to the possibility of ecclesiastical sanctions. We
are focusing on persuasion. on
prayer. on information and very
much on dialogue."
The cardinal noted, however.
that individual bishops, in accordance with canon law. are autonomous within their dioceses. and
that other instances such as that of
San Diego Bishop Leo T. Maher
denying Assemblywoman Lucy
Killea the right to receive communion could not be ruled out.
Cardinal O'Connor said he personally predicted a larger number
of bishops would act against Catholic politicians with a pro-abortion
Turn" to Page Six

Reliving the first Holy Week
By Marcie Hickey
.. We took turns carrying the
cross as we made our way through
the winding streets. The shops
were all open and people were trying to sell us things. That 50 exactly
how it must have been on the first
Good Friday - people dodging
donkeys and carts; for most it
wasn't a holy day, it was a shopping day." - Father Robert S.
Kaszynski
This Holy Week, the events of
jesus' Passion are especially vivid
for 30 members of St. Stanislaus
parish. Fall River. including the
entire faculty of the parochial
school. They are re'membering their
February pilgrimage to the Holy
Land. during which the group,
including pastor Father Robert S.
Kaszynski relived the events of
Holy Week on the very sites where
they occurred.
Pilgrims attract attention on the
streets of Jerusalem. Father Kaszynski continued in his account.
"Some people stare at you; some
are oblivious; some make fun of
you."

Altogether, the real Way of the
Cross is about a half mile, he said,
winding through the alleys of Jerusalem, some of which are so narrow they can accommodate only
three people abreas!.
The pilgrims stopped at each
station of the Way. most of them"
chapels, for meditation. prayer and
song. The final three stations are
enclosed in the Church ofthe Holy
Sepulchre on Mount Calvary,
where the group touched the site
where the cross stood and the

NOTICE
Bishop Daniel A. Cronin
will be principal celebrant

of the Mass of Easter, to be
telecast on Sunday from 8
to 9 a.m. and repeated from
1l:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on
WLNE Channel Six. The
television Mass will resume
its usual broadcast time of
8 a.m. on Sunday, April 22.

stone of anointing where Jesus'
body was placed after it was taken
from the cross.
An added 15th station commemorates Christ's empty tomb.
There Father Kaszynski and the
group celebrated Mass.
Reliving the Way of the Cross
was but one of the experiences of
the pilgrims.
"We went from where Jesus was
conceived in Nazareth to the scene
of his public life in Capernaum on
the shore of the Sea' of Galilee and
then to Jerusalem. where he suffered. died and rose." Father Kaszynski summed up.
" The group spent the first part of
the trip in Jerusalem and Bethlehem. focusing only on Christian
sites because of limited time.
" "Israel is a very small country
and the distances are not long, but
the problem is there's something
to see every three feet'" Father
Kaszynski said.
The pilgrims' reliving of Holy
Week began with a descent from
the Mount of Olives, where they
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PILGRIMS FROM St. Stanislaus parish follow Father
Kaszynski along the Way of the Cross in Jerusalem.

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Education parley next week
WASHINGTON (CNS) - Fund
raising, parental involvement,
computer technology and a deepened Catholic identity in Catholic
schools are among the topics to be
addressed at this year's National
Catholic Educational Association
convention April 16-19 in Toronto.

Bush hears bishops
WASHINGTON (CNS) - President Bush recently met briefly at
the White House with leaders of
the U.S. bishops, who discussed
their concerns on pro-life issues,
Central America and asbestos
abatement in Catholic schools. Participantswere Archbishops Daniel
E. Pilarczyk of Cincinnati and
William H. Keeler of Baltimore,
president and vice president of the
National Conference of Catholic
Bishops. "We said 'hooray for prolife.' We talked about asbestos"
and about Central America, said
Archbishop Pilarczyk. "It was very
cordial."

Shaping future?
CAPE TOWN, South Africa
(CNS) - More than 30 Christian
churches have responded to an
invitation from South African
President F. W. de Klerk to hold
discussions on South Africa's future. According to the Cape Town
daily newspaper The Argus, the
president said he had received a
"particularly positive reaction" to
his open invitation to churches to
take part in joint discussions with
the government. All major church
alliances were included among the
more than 30 responses, The Argus
reported.

Experience
"Experience is not what happens
to a man; it is what a man does
with what happens to him."Aldous Huxley

DCCW workshop topics set
Preparations are complete for
the 37th annual convention of the
Diocesan Council of Catholic
Women, to be held Saturday, April"
21, at Coyle and Cassidy High
School, Taunton, with a noon
Mass at St. Mary's Church,
Taunton.
With the theme, "We Serve the
Lord with Joy and Gladness," the
convention will have Bishop Daniel
A. Cronin as guest of honor. The
keynote speaker will be Rev. Alfred
McBride, O. Praem., spiritual
director of Aid to the Church in
Need, an organization that raises
funds for the persecuted church in
Eastern European and Third World
nations.
Following a morning session at
which Mrs. -Madeline C. Wojcik.
DCCW president, will preside. the
afternoon will be devoted to
workshops.
Father David Costa will speak
on "The Eucharist, Our Prayer of
Joy and Gladness" at the Church

Communities Commission workshop, chaired by Mrs. Harry B.
Loew.
"Family Problems: Prevention,
Intervention or Treatment" will be
the topic of the Family Affairs
Commission workshop. Mrs. Mildred Gedrites will speak and Mrs.
John Schondek will chair.
For the International Affairs
Commission workshop. Father
Joseph Costa will address "The
International Catholic Peace
Movement: Pax Christi." Mrs.
Theodore Calnan will chair.
"The Missing Link" will be considered by the Community Affairs
Commission workshop. chaired by
Mrs'. John H oust. Barnstable
County Sheriff Jack DeMello will
be the speaker.
With Mrs. Raymond Lavoie as
chair. the Organization Services
Commission workshop will offer a
DCCW leadership team presentation: "Let the OSC Hotel Educate
and Entertain You."

Delegates from the Fall River
diocese will be headed by Department of Education director Father
Richard W. Beaulieu. Department
personnel in attendance will be
associate directors of religious
education Sister Elaine Heffernan,
RSM, and Sister Eugenia Brady,
SJC; associate superintendents of
schools Sister Ann Moore, CND,
and Sister Michaelinda Plante,
RSM; and Father Robert A. Oliveira, director of continuing formation of clergy and laity.
Some 35 principals and teachers
from diocesan schools will also
make the trip to Toronto.
They will include Father Mark
Hession, parochial vicar at si.
Mary's School, New Bedford, Dennis R. Poyant, school principal,
and mathematics teachers Daniel
P. Larkin and Sister Nathan Doherty, RSM.
Poyant will be among 12 recipients across the nation ofthe NCEA
Distinguished Principal Award and
Larkin is winner of the grand
national award in a project-sharing
contest for teachers sponsored by
Today's Catholic Teacher magazine.
NCEA officials said they expected nearly 20.000 Catholic educators to attend the 87th annual
convention.
The educators will hear speak-

ers including Cardinal George Basil
Hume of Westminster, England;
broadcast journalist Robert MacNeil of The MacNeil-Lehrer News
Hour; and Sister of Charity Nuala
Kenny, a physician who is a professor and head of the department
of pediatrics at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
An underlying theme of the convention is the Catholic school's
response to problems of young
people today. Workshops will deal
with the challenges of teen-age
pregnancy, behavioral difficulties,
family violence and single parenthood.
The NCEA will present its two
highest awards at the convention
April 16.
Norbertine Father Alfred McBride, spiritual director for the
U.S. office of Aid to the Church in
Need, will receive the award named
after Father C. Albert Koob, who
was NCEA president from 1966 to
1974.
Father McBride will be keynote
speaker at the 37th annual convention of the Fall River Diocesan
Council of Catholic Women, to be
held April21 at Coyle and Cassidy
High School, Taunton. He was
executive director of the NCEA's
department of religious education
for seven years.
School Sister of Notre Dame
Mary Ann Eckhoff, superintendent of education in the Archdiocese of St. Louis, will receive the
John F. Meyers Award for her
efforts on behalf of Catholic eduy
cation.
Meeting concurrently with the
NCEA will be the Catholic Library
Association.

CCA kickoff set for Wednesday
The kickoff meeting launching
the 49th annual Catholic Charities
Appeal of the Fall River diocese
will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday,
April 18, at Bishop Connolly High
School, Fall River. The appeal
funds maintenance and expansion
of diocesan apostolates of charity,
mercy, social services and education.
For the 20th year, Bishop Daniel
A. Cronin will be the meeting's
keynote speaker. Priests. religious
and laity from the Attleboros to
Cape Cod and the Islands will hear
Horace J. Costa, 1990 lay chairman, stress the role of the laity in
,the campaign.
Msgr. John J. Oliveira, diocesan chancellor. will offer the opening prayer and Msgr. Henry T.

Munroe, Vicar General, the closing prayer.
Kenneth Leger of Fall River will
lead singing of the National
Anthem at the opening of the
meeting and will close the program with America the Beautiful.
The Braga Music Group will provide pre-opening music and a singalong program.
Mary-Lou Mancini, director of
the Fall River office of the Diocesan Department of Social Services, will explain the works of the
department and how they are aided
by the Appeal.
At the April 18 meeting, Msgr.
Anthony M. Gomes, diocesan CCA
director, will be master of ceremonies and explain Appeal procedures. A social hour will follow the
program.

Chrism Mass brings priests together

HEART-SHAPED pins including a dove and the words
..Acts I:8" (You shall be my witnesses), were presented to
Diocesan Council of Catholic W omenretreatants by Rev.
BruceW. Cwiekowski, retreat director, at the close of a recent
weekend at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown. From left, Mrs.
Mary Galvin, retreat chairperson; Father Cwiekowski; Mrs.
Wojcik; Miss Theresa Lewis, DCCW recording secretary and
retreat committee member. (Lavoie photo)

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The Mass of Chrism arouses
profound emotion in a bishop,
said Bishop Daniel A. Cronin at
the annual liturgy,celebrated Tuesday at St. Mary's Cathedral. '
He explained that it brings a
reminder of the responsibilities
involved in "shepherding the flock
of Christ" but also renews his gratitUde for the unfailing service of
the priests of the diocese to their
people.
Commenting on the 'fraternal
support priests give one another.
he encouraged young priests to
seek advice fromtheir seniors and
the more experienced to "walk
with younger men along the journey of priesthood."
"This scene of priests together is
a magnificent representation of
the unity of the diocese," said the
bishop, looking out at the scores
of priests in the cathedral nave.

The Chrism Mass. when oils of
sick and catechumens are blessed
and sacred ~ .lrism is consecrated
for use in parishes throughout the
year. is indie.1led for the morning
of Holy Thursday but is anticipated on Tuesday because parish
Masses are normally celebrated on
the Thursday.
The Chrism Mass i" qreeminently
the liturgy that reca' .; the institution of the priesthood by Christ
and is an occasion fN priests of a
diocese to gath_er Hound their
bishop.
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Recognized at I", Mass were
Father Francis B. c.. onnors and
CorneliusJ. O'Neill. marking their
40th anniversary of ordination;
and Fathers George F. Almeida,
William P. Blottma :. Terence F.
Keenan. Thomas (, Lopes and
Ralph D. Tetrault. silver jubilanans.

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European religious shrines during
that time also "enhanced my vocation," he said.
Among his cherished possessions
is the 1950s Ford that was a favorite of children at S1. Vincent's
Camp. If anyone asks, "I still have
it!" he 'said.

and the sisters who taught him in
CCD. They "sowed the seeds of a
good spiritual life," he said.
Father Almeida noted, "lowe a
lot to the Blessed Mother," to
whom he prayed for guidance during four years in the Navy before
entering the seminary. Visits to

Three priests to mark jubilees
Three diocesan priests will mark
their 25th anniversary of ordination with celebrations in coming
weeks. Father Ralph D. Tetrault,
pastor of St. Mary's parish, North
Attleboro; Father Terence F. Keenan, pastor of Immaculate Conception parish, Fall River; and
Father George F. Almeida, pastor
of Holy Family parish, East Taunton, were ordained at St. Mary's
Cathedral on May I, 1965, by
Bishop James J. Gerrard.
Father Tetrault
St. Mary's parish will observe
Father Tetrault's anniversary at
II :30 a.m. Mass April 29. The jubilarian will also celebrate at a
gathering for family and friends
on May 4.
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A native of New Bedford, Father
Tetrault is the son of Norman and,
the late Mary (Langford) Tetrault.
He attended Fairhaven High
School and prepared for the priesthood at St. Thomas Seminary,
Bloomfield, Conn., and St. Mary's
Seminary, Baltimore, Md.
Following ordination he was
assigned to Immaculate Conception parish, Fall River. Assignments as parochial vicar at St.
Patrick, Wareham; Sacred Heart,
Fall River; and St. Thomas More,
Somerset, preceded his current
position at St. Mary's, where he
has served since 1981.
Father Tetrault noted that the
three jubilaria;ns are the only
diocesan priests to have been ordained by Bishop Gerrard. He
plans to visit the bishop and to
concelebrate a Mass with his classmates in observance ofthe anniversary.
One of the most hectic times in
his career, he said, was the last
nine ,months he served in Wareham. The pastor of St. Joseph's
parish, Woods Hole, became ill,
and Father Tetrault took charge
of the parish in addition to his
duties at St. Patrick's.
"That was quite an experience!"
he recalled. "I met a lot of good
people there."
Father Tetrault has been coordinating activities for the centennial of St. Mary's parish since last
May. The yearlong celebration will
conclude with a centennial Mass
on May 13.
In the past, Father Tetrault was
a pre-Cana conference board member and an advocate for the marriage tribunal. Since 1988 he has
been moderator for the Attleboro
area support group for separated
and divorced, Catholics, which
meets twice monthly at his parish.
Father Keenan
Father Keenan will be honored
at a parish reception sponsored by
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April 22 in Immaculate Conception parish hall. He will celebrate a
Mass of thanksgiving at 5 p.m.
April 29 at the parish, followed by
a dinner for family,and friends at
Venus de Milo Restaurant, Swansea.
Father Keenan is a native ,of
New Bedford, the son of the late
Thomas F. and Annie C. (Hart)
Keenan.
He graduated from Holy Family High School, New Bedford,
and studied for the priesthood at
St. Thomas and St. Mary's seminaries.
He has been parochial vicar at
St. Joseph's parish, North Dighton;
St. Francis Xavier, Hyannis; St.
Patrick, Wareham; St. James, New
Bedford, and Sacred Heart, Taunton. He returned' to St. Francis
Xavier, Hyannis, in 1978, remaining there in residence while being
chaplain for Cape Cod Hospital in
Hyannis, Cape Cod area Girl
Scouts and Cape Cod Community
College in West Barnstable. He
has also served as chaplain at the
Bristol County House of Correction in New Bedford.
He noted that his service as the
first chaplain at Cape Cod Hospital was one of the most rewarding
experiences of his priesthood.
He has been pastor at Immaculate Conception since 1981.
Father Almeida
Father Almeida's anniversary

plans include a Mass ofthanksgiving at II :30 a.m. May 6 at St.
Mary's Cathedral, Fall River, followed by a testimonial to be attended by family and friends at
White's of Westport. A parish celebration is planned for the summer.
The son of Manuel and the late
Anna (Medeiros) Almeida, Father
Almeid~ was born in Newport,
R.I. He attended Attleboro High
School, St. Thomas and St. Mary's
seminaries, and Our Lady of the
Angels Seminary, Albany, N.Y.
,He has been parochial vicar at
St. Michael, St. Anthony of Padua,
and Our Lady of the Angels parishes in Fall River; St. Anthony's
and Our Lady of Lourdes, Taunton; Our Lady of Mt. Carmel,
New Bedford; and Sacred Heart,
Oak Bluffs.
He was pastor of St. Elizabeth's
parish, Edgartown, from 1981 until'
1988, when he became pastor at
Holy Family.
In the past, Father Almeida was
Taunton area spiritual director for
the Men of the Sacred Hearts and
chaplain for Taunton area Girl
Scouts and Camp Fire youth.
Of his priesthood Father Almeida said, "It's been a blessing
these 25 years. I couldn't have
asked for a better vocation."
He credits many for influencing
him in "his vocation, including
Msgr. Joseph Sullivan, his pastor
at Holy Ghost parish, Attleboro,
where he served as an altar boy,

Anchor to cover D.C. rally
WASHINGTON (CNS) - Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New
York, Rep. Henry J. Hyde, R-Ill.,
and massive crowds are expected
at the April 28 Rally for Life in
Washington, according to the
National Right to Life Committee, the event sponsor.
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Anchor reporter Marcie Hickey
will be among photojournalists
covering the rally, traveling by bus
from the diocese with other prolifers. In Washington, the diocesan contingent will join thousands
from other parts of the nation at
the Washington Monument.
Local rally coordinator Mary
Ann Booth said there was still
room aboard diocesan buses, which
will arrive in Washington Saturday morning. After participation
in rally events, they will return to
the diocese early Sunday morning.
Transportation information IS
available from Massachusetts
Citizens for Life at PO Box 1780,
Hyannis 02601, telephone 4284294; PO Box 40268, New Bedford 02744, telephone 636-4903;

and PO Box 2671, Taunton 02780,
telephone 823-4313.
Financial assistance is available
for those who cannot afford the
535 round trip bus far~, said Mrs.
Booth,who also urged those unable
to go to Washington to send donations to any ofthe above addresses
to defray such trips.
Also on the rally program will
be Gospel singers Sandi Patti and
Gary McSpadden; James Dobson,
president ofthe Focus on the Family organization; and Lisa Whelchel, actress on the "Facts of Life" ,
television show.
The January March for Life,
commemorating the anniversary
of the U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide,
drew some 75,000 participants. The
upcoming springtime rally is expected to draw many more, due to
more favorable weather conditions.
Rally events will begin at 9 a.m.
EDT, with music, followed by
speeches and other program highlights from 2 to 4:30' p.m., the
National Right to Life Committee
announced.

GOOD FRIDAY
• Liturgy of the Lord's Passion and Death at 3 p.m.
• 100th annual para/iturgical and dramatic Way of the
Ct:oss and Procession at 7:00 p.m.

HOLY SATURDAY
• Confessions in the shrinefrom 11 a.m. to 12 noon and
1 to 4 p.m.
• Easter Vigil and First Mass of the Resurrection at
7p.m.

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An Easter Dialogue
Last month the Holy Father met with representatives of the
American Jewish Committee. In the course of this important
meeting he made some significant observations that are more
than relevant as Catholics celebrate Easter and Jews mark the
Passover feast.
He stated that it is the task of every local church to promote
cooperation between Christians and Jews and recalled their
common spiritual heritage and its roots in the faith of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
.
History tells us how often this shared legacy is forgotten but
it is well as both religious communities mark great days offaith
that we remind ourselves of our traditions, our shared veneration of Scripture, our profession of faith in one God, our
commitment to love of neighbor and our prophetic witness to
liberty and human rights. We both await the coming of the
kingdom and we pray alike for the strength to accept God's
will.
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Because of our common religious legacy, we should be able
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to cooperate in many of our attempts to bring God's kingdom
CHRIST
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AFTER
THE
RESURRECTION
IN
THIS
15th-CENTURY
DUTCH
into our social order. For example, Catholics and Jews alike
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can be effective in promotion of the dignity and human rights
of every individual. Both faiths have through the centuries
"When Christ shall appear, who is your life, then you also shall appear with
learned all too well of suffering, pain and death at the hands of
him in glory." Col. 3:4
their fellowmen, as evidenced at Auschwitz, to name but one
example from the bloody pages of history.
In a time when the desecration of temples and churches
bears witness to the persistence of bigotry, Jews and Catholics
should be united in combating the forces of racial, ethnic and
WASHINGTON (CNS) -. As est to their members, the church and insurance programs to help
religious discrimination.
new crops sprout in American seeks to ensure that Congress does farmers dependent on farming to
fields, the nation's lawmakers dig not overlook such goals as feeding attain an annual income adequate
In the light of our constitutional freedoms and rights, antiin on Capitol Hill to produce new the hungry, preserving the envir- for meeting family needs.
Semitism and anti-Catholicism should never find acceptance.
onment and protecting individuals
agriculture legislation.
- Support farming methods
Sadly,.however, much work is to be done in this aspect of our . Like farmers, they hope their and communities who make their and technologies that sustain the
lives from the land.
national life. The destructive forces once so active even in the
efforts bear fruit by fall.
environment, not damage it.
Church concern is not new. In
But unlike farm crops, which
- Help make rural communihalls of government will again be unleashed if the opportunity
1986
economic
pastoral,
the
their
come
and
go
with
the
seasons,
the
ties
stronger and assure farmpresents.
1990 farm legislation is supposed U.S. bishops noted that "our food workers fair wages, unemployment
Catholics and Jews must be ever on their guard lest the Ku
production system is clearly in compensation and other benefits
to survive four or five years.
Klux Klan or the neo-Nazi movement becomes politically
In recent decades, Congress has need of evaluation and reform" in accorded other workers.
influential. Their existence proves the need for such organiza- adopted a long view on agricul- order to address such problems as
- Strengthen domestic food
ture, quadrennially drafting an om- farm bankruptcies, higher concen- assistance programs to ensure that
tions as the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights and
nibus farm bill that is supposed to tration ofland ownership, "increas- no one in America goes hungry or
the Jewish Anti-Defamation League.
guide federal agricultural policy ing damage to natural resources" suffers malnutrition.
Given the history of this country, Jews and Catholics must
-. including nutrition programs and "the stark reality of world
In short, Bishop McRaith told
be alert to any trend towards public acceptance of distorted
and foreign food aid - for half a hunger in spite offood surpluses." the Senate committee, "we conIn their.statement "Food Policy cluded that our food system is
religious views propounded by the fanatic or fraudulent. This decade.
Because the last bill, written in . in a Hungry World," adopted in adrift without a moral compass. It
consideration takes on greater importance, given the likeliNovember 1989 as Congress pre- is precisely this moral dimension
hood of new immigrants to America from Eastern Europe and· 1985, expires Sept. 30, the rush is.
on to prod uce the 1990 bill by the pared to draft its new farm bill, the that is central to our concerns."
Russia.
churchmen suggested specific U.S.
end' of summer.
The bishops favor what they call
There do indeed remain difficulties between Catholics and
The effort is so important be- policy goals.
a sustainable agricultural system,
They urged U.S. policy to:
Jews and one would be foolish to deny this truth. However, in cause, "obviously, the farm bill is
Which involves sustaining both
- Establish food security as the rural communities and family
pulling together the nation's polthe last 50 years, there have been sincere attempts to approach
such thorny issues as the status of Jerusalem in an atmosphere icy on agriculture, food and nutri- ultimate goal of food and agricul- farms, and sustaining the envirtion and is an indication of how tural policy, ensuring that every onment itself so the land continues
of reason rather than of antagonism.
we're going to go about support- human being has access to enough to produce food and sustain life in
The present polarization in the Middle East can only be ingfarmers," said.Walter E. Grazer, food to maintain a decent human generations to come.
resolved in an atmosphere of peace. War has only contributed
U.S. Catholic Conference staffspe- standard of living.
Furthermore, "this particular
cialist
for rural, energy and food
- Foster widespread ownership farm bill will bring the question of
to deeper divisions and intensified hate. Jews and Catholics
Issues.
of land and productive property.
the. environment to a more central
alike have much work to accomplish in this regard.
"And another reason it's impor- Structure federal commodity place in the policy debate," he
As we participate in our religious celebrations, may our tant is that we face such serious
said. "We welcome this developcommunities of faith continue to work together in an atmos- problems: global hunger, as well
ment."
phere of mutual respect and may we work towards the day as hunger in this country, a virtual
Beyond all that, the nation must
trade war with Europe, environwork to alleviate domestic hunger,
when the message of God's peace will not just be a goal but a
mental problems, loss of farms,"
he said. "The presence of so many
reality for all, regardless of their religious heritage.
Grazer added. "The bill offers a
poor and hungry among us in this
The Editor
real opportunity to redress some
rich nation is morally intolerable."
of these."
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U. S. agricultural policy has
Prayer for Religious worldwide implications as well,
The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee is
Bishop McRaith told the Senate
Father, grant that those
holding hearings for the bill, elicitcommittee.
who have consecrated theming testimony from various wit"The fate of millions hangs in
selves to you in poverty,
nesses, including Bishop John J.
the balance when decisions are
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scope reveals the voluminous depth
know whether such advice prompthis through Jesus the Lord,' te~ Congress as it drafted its farm
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Easter hope
After a series of Lenten
columns on rediscovering the
Bible as adult Catholics, we
come to Easter, the season of
hope. It's appropriate to end this
series with the greatest gift in
becoming comfortable with Scripture: the gift of hope.
Living in time of depressing
news on all sides, we need to keep
our hopeful side in balance. In his
popular and thought-provoking
book, The Road Less Travelled.
psychotherapist M. Scott Peck
makes it clear that he sees no distinction between mental an~ spiritual health. If we are to be balanced in our emotional life, he
holds, we must have a healthy spir.ituallife.
One cannot pray the Bible without renewing a sense of hope.
"Your Father knows what you
need before you ask him" (Matt.
6:8; "Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of
itself' (Matt. 6:34); "Ask and it
will be given to you" (Matt. 7:7);
"Come away by yourselves to a
deserted place and rest awhile"
(Mark 6:31); "For God so loved
the world that he gave his only
Son, so that everyone who believes
in him might not perish but might
have eternal life" (John 3: 16).
A friend of mine who has battled
chronic depression told me the
Bible is her best therapy and she

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A. The first important question.
to ask is, does your sister-in-law
herself wish to be buried with a
Mass and Catholic burial rite?
From what you tell us in your
letter, it seems thl}t she has not
joined the Catholic Church in all
of these years. She certainly must
have her reasons. Those reasons
and her decision deserve to be
respected by the rest of the family
and by the church at the time of
her death.
Our church provides that the
local bishop may permit a funeral
Mass and Catholic burial rites for
baptized members ofa non-Catholic church unless this is clearly contrary to the will of the person who
died, and provided his or her own
minister is not路 available. (Canon
1183)
As to your other point, neglect,
even gross neglect of one's duties
as a Catholic, is not in itself reason

should know. "When I feel familiar signs of depression coming on
- is this all there is? - I go to the
Bible," she said. "I find peace and
hope. No, this isn't all there is,
God tells me."
In this sea'son of Easter joy,
then, let's search the Bible for
those passages which speak most
forcefUlly to us, and read them
daily, meditating on the promises
God offers. Each of us will choose
different passages. That's okay,
because we are different people
with unique needs, gifts, and
understanding.
My mother used to say, "Oh, the
Spirit works in wondrous ways."
Like so many of her sayings I
ignored earlier, I'ye come to
appreciate this one wholeheartedly.
We can read a passage we've
read or heard dozens of times and
suddenly get a new insight from it.
Some .call this the "A H A '"
response, but I call it the Spirit
working within us. The Spirit says,
"You're ready and able to understand this in a new way or on a
deeper level. This is my gift to
you."
Clifton Fadiman, founder of the
Book-of-the-Month Club, once
said, "If you reread a classic and
find more in it, it's because there's
more in you." How true this is in
reading Scripture. When there's

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more in us, we get more out of
God's word.
As adults, there's much more in
us than as children. We have experience to bring to God's word. We
better understand suffering because
we have suffered, joy because we
have rejoiced and love because we
have loved and been loved.
Opening the Bible as adults can
open a whole new world of hope to
us. We get a sense of ongoing
revelation and resurrection. God
reveals himself to us in a myriad of
new insights and rekindles our
love in extraordinary ways.
We need only to quiet ourselves
and let his words work in and
through us. We don't have to
make a major production out of
Bible reading. We can trust in
grace that we aren't going to have
our faith disturbed unless it needs
disturbing.
We will change, of course. But
the change will mean new growth,
resurrection of hope, action on
Christ-like principles that we .formerly left to others. If that isn't
Easter, what is?

for the church community to refuse
FATHER
a Catholic burial. Once an individual is baptized Catholic, the
JOHN
church considers that person one
of its own family unless he or she
outright rejects the church and its
DIETZEN
teachings, or publicly follows such
a sinful way of life that burial as a
Catholic would be a scandal to .man calendar some years ago:
everyone.
Which Is right? (New Jersey)
We know well enough that even
A. The word "Lent" comes from
the worst sinners sometimes change the Anglo-Saxon word "Iencten,"
their hearts and turn back to God spring.
in the last hours. In any case, the
This in turn comes from an
church always allows for every older Teutonic word which means
benefit of doubt in this difficult to become longer. Our word "lengdecision for the family of the then" comes from the same root.
deceased.
The Ango-Saxon word for spring
Q. My question is about the developed from the fact that days
term "Lent." A friend who has lengthen at that time of the year,
been in the Italian navy said the and thus our springtime season of
word comes from the Italian "Ien- penance and prayer came to be
to," which usually means "slow."
called Lent in English.
Another theory is that it is from
The German "Ienz" comes from
the German word for spring,"Ienz." the same language background but
Lenz was an alternate for the month is probably a younger word than
of March in an experimental Ger- our English "Lent."

On Catholic burial
Q. My brother is a Catholic
married 40 years ago to a wonderful woman who was baptized Lutheran. They were married in the
Catholic Church and have four
married Catholic children. She has
never missed Mass during these
years except for illness.
Our question is, when she dies is
she entitled to a Mass in the Catholic Church and a Christilln burial?
We think yes, because we have
Catholic friends who have rarely
gone to church and who are buried
with a Mass.
Are we wrong to assum~ my
sister-in-law is entitled to this?
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Fri., April 13, 1990

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Films Office ratings. which do not
always coincide.
General ratings: G-suitable for
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under 13; PG-parental guidance sug.gested; R-restricted. unsuitable for
children or young teens.
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children and adults; A2-approved for
adults and adolescents; A3-approved
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Catholic ratings for television
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versions of the films.
New Films
"Cry-Baby" (Universal): Musical comedy about the star-crossed
romance between a handsome teen
gang leader from the wrong side of
the tracks (Johnny Depp) and a
wealthy good girl (Amy Locane)
in 1954 Baltimore. With some
rousing production numbers,
eccentric casting and much period
humor, writer-director John
Waters does a great job of satirizing the innocence of mid-50s teenage rebellion and the problems of
conformity. Best for baby boomers who survived the period.
Some Keystone Cops violence,
sexually suggestive action and rude
language laced with vulgar sexua.1
innuendoes. A3,PGI3
". Love You to Death" (TriStar): One-joke film about a loving wife (Tracey Ullman) who tries
and fails to murder her philandering Italian husband (Kevin Kline).
As directed by Lawrence Kasdan,
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the Lothario's murderous Yugoslavian mother-in-law and buries
William Hurt and Keanu Reeves
as two nitwit, drug-addicted assassins. Jokey attitude toward adultery and a cavalier acceptance of
murder as a viable solution, some
rough language and fleeting nudity in a sexual context. O,R
"Opportunity Knocks" (Universal): Humorless rags-to-riches
comedy that sees a Chicago con
artist (Dana Carvey) fall for the
doctor daughter (Julia Campbell)
of his rich victim (Robert Loggia).
Uninspired direction by Donald
Petrie and a hackneyed script do
little for TV comic Carvey's first
starring vehicle on the big screen.
Some comic-book violence and
bathroom humor. A2,PG 13
"A Shock to the System" (Corsair): Mild-mannered Manhattan
ad executive (Michael Caine) finds
that he can easily murder his
demanding wife (Swoosie Kurtz)
and the yuppie colleague (Peter
Riegert) who wins a coveted promotion, as well as others who
stand in his way. With flat direction by Jan Egleson, the film balances uncomfortably between a
satiric black co'medy and a serial
murder drama;. providing a view
of moral corruption that would be
utterly distasteful if not for Caine's
fine performance. Condones
murder as an acceptable means to
an end, a jokey on-screen suicide,
some rough language and sexual
innuendoes. O,R
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
(New Line): Live-action feature
film debut ofthe half-human, halfturtle cartoon heroes who do battle with a rogue Japanese ninja
society to win back their kidnapped
rat mentor, Splinter. Direction by
music-video-maker Steve Barron
is amateurish, b.ut Jim Henson's
turtle costumes and rat creature
expand the frolicking foursome to
entertaining life-sized creatures.
Much comic-book violence involving bashing and smashing human
. and turtle bodies and some mild
rough language. A2,PG
TV Film
Friday, April 20, 9-11 p.m. EDT
(CBS) - "That's Life" (1986):
Self-centered husband (Jack
Lemmon), preoccupied. with
thoughts of old age and death, is
insensitive to his wife (Julie
Andrews) as she awaits results of a
cancer test. Sexual encounters are
used as comic relief in an exploration of family ties that has few
genuine moments. The husband's
infidelity is treated as symptom of
inner insecurity left unresolved and
overshadowed by image of a strong
woman and-mother who absorbs
all family ills. Brief nudity.
A3,PGI3

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stance by withholding church honors, asking Catholic colleges not
to give them honorary degrees,
and raising questions about their
holding parish offices such as lector and eucharistic minister.
,Cardinal O'Connor also:
- Argued that candidates identified as pro-life could still win
elections, and pro-lifers shifting
position in fear of defeat were misreading the electorate and could
still get elected if they would "stand
fast."
- Expressed unhappiness with
Republicans speaking of an "umbrella" party equally supportive of
pro-life and pro-abortion candidates.
- Said former President Ronald
Reagan's pro-life record was commendable in words, less so in deeds.
- Endorsed a recent call by
New York Gov. Mario Cuomo for
the bishops to teach more on natural law, and predicted the governor would eventually support the
pro-life position that is "in his
bones."
On sanctions, Cardinal O'Connor acknowledged that it seemed
unfair to the public that a state
official such as Mrs. Killea would
be penalized while more prominent national politicians taking
essentially the same position were
not.
Many people construed Bishop
Maher's action, the cardinal said,
as an expression of the National
Conference of Catholic Bishops'
position in adopting an abort~on
resolution Nov. 7. That resolutIOn

Ethics needed
VATICAN CITY (CNS)
Experts who are redesigning Eastern Europe's battered economies
should be guided by ethical principles, a Vatican delegate told an
international conference. "Social
justice should be the main principle that rules the economy, in
order to allow each individual to
develop as a person," Msgr. JeanLouis Tauran said at a recent UNsponsored conference on economic
cooperation in Bonn, West Germany. Msgr. Tauran said problems facing European countries
emerging from communism include
shortages of goods, unemployment,
inflation and monetary instability.

included the declaration, "N 0
Catholic can responsibly take a
'pro-choice' stand when the
'choice' in question involves the
taking.of innocent human life."
Cardinal O'Connor said his
committee had received many letters suggesting certain officials be
excommunicated, and the bishops
would not' want to say "never."
But he said the issue needed
more thought, and he expected the
bishops would look to their prolife committee for policy guidance.
Asserting that "significant progress" by pro-abortion forces could
not be denied, Cardinal O'Connor
said they had frightened "a substantial number" of public officials, as evidenced, he thought, by
"shifts in positions" by those "who
for years" had been pro-life..
About public officials and voters
Cardinal O'Connor observed that
the victories of Reagan and President Bush demonstrated that viable candidates can prevail with a
pro-life stance.

LONDON (CNS) - Doctors
who oppose abortion face job bias
in Britain because of their stands,
a House of Commons committee
was told.
The Select Committee on Social
Services, which oversees health
policy, is investigating the so-called
"conscience clause" of the 1967
Abortion Act, which made abortion illegal in certain cases in
Britain.
The clause makes provision for.
medical staff who oppose abortion
- effectively enabling them to opt
out of performing the procedure.
But pro-life doctors told a meeting of the select committee that the
clause is not working.
Dr. Johnathan Brooks, recently
appointed as a consultant in obstetrics and gynecology at a hospital north of London, told the committee he had been unsuccessful in
landing ajob in 36 previous applications, 23 of which went as far as
an interview with prospective employers.
The physician, an Anglican lay
lector, said when asked about his
position on abortion during job
interviews he explained he was willing to perform the procedure in
cases of major fetal abnormality
or those with clear risk to the
mother's health.
.He said that while working in a
London teaching hospital he was
told he would be blackballed for
refusing to sign partially completed
forms authorizing abortions for
patients he had neither seen nor
treated after the abortions had
been performed.
Dr. Pamela Sims said that she
discovered that one of her supervising doctors had given her glowing references on paper, but iii telephone conversations with prospective employers had warned
against hiring her.
Doctors favoring abortion rights
told the committee that the conscience <;Iause made it difficult to
run an efficient abortion service
within Britain's National Health
Service. They also charged that
anti-abortion physicians are causing delays in obtaining abortions
in some regions.

Three move toward sainthood
VATICAN CITY (CNS)- The
Vatican has formally recognized
the heroic virtues and permitted
public veneration of Juan Diego, a
16th-century Mexican Indian to
whom Mary appeared as Our Lady
of Guadalupe. The April 9 action
virtually beatifies Diego.
In other action, also announced
April 9, the Vatican:
- Declared the heroic virtues of
Spanish Msgr. Josemaria Escriva
de Balaguer, 20th-century founder
of Opus Dei.
- Declared the herOIC virtues of
Catherine McAuley, 19th-century
founder of the Sisters of Mercy.
The decree on Diego said the
Vatican recognizes the "heroic
virtues and the cult 'ab immemorabili' of the !1ervant of God Juan
Diego."
"Ab immemorabili," Latin for
"from time immemorial," is the
formula 'used by the Vatican to
formally recognize that a public
cult exists for a person.
In the case of Diego, permitting
his public veneration allows Pope
John Paul II to honor him liturgically during the pontiffs May 6 to
13 visit to Mexico.

Ordinarily, church law permits
public veneration only of people
who have been beatified or
canonized.
In 1531, during the early period
of Spanish colonization, Mary is
said to have appeared four times
to Diego on Tepeyac Hill outside
Mexico City. According to the
story, she instructed him to tell
local church authorities to build a
church in her honor on the site.
The church was built two years
later after authorities were con-'
vinced that the apparitions were
genuine. The principal evidence
was a life-size image of Mary which
appeared on Diego's cloak. The
cloak is enshrined at the Basilica
of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico's main center of religious devotion and pilgrimage.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, the
title under which Mary is known
in relation to the apparitions, is
patroness of Mexico and of the
Americas.
Mexico's bishops believe it highly
probable that the pope will canonize Juan Diego during his visit.
However, there has been no comment on the matter from the
Vatican.

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Letters are welcomed but the editor reserves the
right to condense or edit, if deemed necessary. All
letters milst be signed and include a home or business
address. They do not necessarily express the editorial
views of The Anchor.

God's creation
Dear Editor:
If you're walking along the street
and you hear chirping, you know
it's a bird. If you walk in a field and
see a cow or a horse, you know
it won't start chirping because that's
the way things are. That's the
order of God's creation.
Why men are trying to change
God's creation by abortion to me
is an unanswerable question.
No matter how many reasons
may be'put forth-w-makit aeeep
table to those who allow it to
happen, the fact still remains: we
are part of a well-ordered universe
and only here because of our
Creator.
Jeanne M. Gagne
Fall River

A sks sex education
Dear Editor:
Viewing the birth of freedom as
it has been reported. throughout
Eastern Europe brings to mind the
rights we enjoy in the United States.
One of these rights is freedom of
choice. One right of choice concerns the freedom to choose abortion or the birth of a child.
The newly forming democracies
in Eastern Europe will be facing
some cold hard facts concerning
the cost of freedom and democracy. The success or failure of
these new democracies will depend
on the desire of the people and
leaders to take on the responsibilities of democracy and the results
of their actions.

Freedom in this context will last
only as long as those involved are
willing to act responsibly to preserve it. We all have many choices
to make in our lives, especially in
in our democratic society. In the
realm of personal freedom, we are
responsible for our actions.
Human reproduction is no different. If we choose to have intercourse and it results in the conception of a child, we are responsible
for that action l£nd its results.
Some of our baby boom generation cannot relate to beingresponsible for the results oftheir sexual
~ctivity. W~y not? W.hy.destr~y a
bfe be~ause
It marorbewhatever
mconvement
fo-nave
acmrd
the
reason?
Let us not abuse or lose our
freedom of choice. Abortion is not
a responsible act of freedom of
choice! Permissive legisl~tion is
not the answer - responsible legislation is! Comprehensive sex
education in our schools, homes.
and religious institutions is absolutely necessary for the formation
of .a sexually responsible free
society.
Ronald H. Anderson
Noblesville, Ind.

Tunnel Vision
Dear Editor:
Bravo on your editOJ:ial, "Tunnel Vision" (Anchor, March 23).
The points you made are exactly
the sentiments I wished to express
in my editorial last year. I am so
pleased that the point of view you
presented has finally been published locally.
Now we must only hope and
pray that the faithful will be receptive to enlightenment. Thank you.
Patrick Gannon
New Bedford

Adoption program
slated by CSS
The Diocesan Office of Catholic
Social Services will sponsor its
II th annual adoption education
conference, entitled "Fantasies of
Birth Origin: a Way to Cope With
Loss," from I :30 to 3:30 p.m. May
6 at sS Peter and Paul parish hall,
240 Dover St., Fall River.
The workshop will focus on
adoptees' acknowledgment of the
loss of their birth families and
attempts through fantasy to cope
with sadness they may feel.
Presenter Susan Miller-Havens,
R.N., Ed. D., a psychotherapist

MSGR. DANIELF. Hoye,
pastor of St. John Evangelist
Church, Attleboro, and former
general secretary of the
National Conference ofCatholic Bishops, will speak on

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the United States in the 21st
Century" at the annual Queen's
Daughters communion breakfast to follow 9:30 a.m. Mass
April 29 at St. Paul's Church,
Taunton.
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Msgr. Hoye IS episcopal
vicar of the Attleboro-Taunton
~rea of the diocese and a
judge for the diocesan tribu- '
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na. attOna y, e IS a mem er
of the boards of directors of
Catholic Relief Services and
the Catholic Telecommunications Network of America.
Marita Downing, Queen's
Daughters president, is chairman for the April 29 breakfast, aided by Adrienne
Lemieux and Emma Andrade.
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and adoption educator, will draw
on her 20-year background as a
clinician and on her recent adoption research in discussing means
for adoptive parents to help children deal with loss.
A question and answer period
will follow Dr. MilIer-Havens'
presentation.
Registration by April 25 is requested, but not required. For
further information contact Catholic Social Services, 674-4681.

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took turns riding a jackass down
the road Jesus traveled on Palm
Sunday. Next they visited the
Cenacle on Mt. Zion, the site of
the Last Supper. Scholars are sure,
said Father Kaszynski, that Jes.us
walked on the stairs of the Cenacle
and they have remained virtually
untouched since the first Holy
Thursday.
The group also celebrated Mass
at Gethsemane, site of Jesus' arrest,
and visited the house of Caiphus,
where Jesus was held overnight
and where Peter denied him. The
Church of St. Peter now stands
above the house.
In Bethlehem, the group visited
the site where Jesus was born.

No sure cure
WASHINGTON (CNS) - The
arrhythmia or irregular heartbeat
that killed Loyola Marymount
University basketball star Hank
Gathers has no sure cure, according to a Georgetown University
.-J1barmacologist who-won an award
for his study of the condition.
"There's no tried-and-true protocol
that everyone follows" when treating arrhythmia, said Dr. Raymond
L. Woosley, chairman of the
Georgetown University Medical
Center pharmacology department.
Gathers' death, he said, "is not all
that unusual.'· Arrhythmia is "a
very lethal clinical problem," complicated by lack of knowledge of
the condition, he added.

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The second part of the trip was
spent in Galilee, highlighted by a
boat ride on the Sea of Galilee during which the Scriptures dealing
with Jesus calming the waves and
walking on the water were read.
Three couples, married 17, 36
and 54 years, renewed their marriage vows on the site of the wedding feast at Cana and the group
celebrated Mass at the house of
Mary in Nazareth.
The group also visited several
sites associated with John the Baptist, including Ain Karam, where
Mary visited Elizabeth and where
John the Baptist was born. On the
way to Galilee, the pilgrims stopped at the Jordan River to renew
their baptismal vows.
Father Kaszynski described the
trip to the Holy Land, the first for
all in the group but himself and
school principal Denita Tremblay,
as "a very powerful ex.perience."
The pastor has been organizing
parish pilgrimages - some to the
Holy Land, others to Poland since 1978, and he estimates that
60 percent ofthe parish's 550 fami-

Reliving the first Holy Week
In Galilee the pilgrims stayed at
a Jewish hotel, while in Jer,Usalem
they stayed at an Arab hotel.
The group was touched by the
devotion of the Holy Land's poverty-stricken Christians, 99 percent
Arab but forming only two percent ofthe population. Their Arab
guide gave them insight into the

warmth, sensitivity and very deep
spirituality of his people, noted
Father Kaszynski.
A high point of the trip, he
recounted, was the opportunity to
meet the patriarch of Jerusalem,
His Beatitude Michael Sabbah, a
native of Nazareth and the first
Palestinian Arab to be appointed

patriarch, thus spiritual head ofall
Latin-rite Catholics in the Middle
East.
During the group's audience with
the patriarch, "He shared his insights, hopes and deep concerns
for the plight of Christians in the
Holy Land," said Father Kaszynski. "He stressed the importance of

pilgrimages to the Holy Land as a
means of raising the consciousness

tinued. "Without it, many Christian shrines would fall into dis-

of Catholics Ito the pJight of our

repair."

Christian brothers and sisters
there."
The patriarch 'also noted the
"need for the Good Friday collection for preservation of the holy
places," Father Kaszynski con-

The plight of Holy Land Christians was poignantly illustrated to
the pilgrims during their visit to
the village of Emmaus, near Jerusalem. As the large Franciscan
parish church there was being

readied for Sunday Mass, 12 chairs
were placed around the altar. None
of the pews were occupied. The
group was told that the chairs
would accommodate the entire
parish: there were only 20 Christians in Emmaus, and eight of
them were senior citizens or too ill
to attend Mass.

ues1rnve-Neninvo1Veo. - - - The pilgrimages "expand the
cultural horizons" of participants,
Father Kaszynski said, and traveling together as a parish family has
done much to enrich parish life.
"It has done phenomenal things,"
he said. "There's a definite bonding."
The pilgrims found encounters
with the various peoples of the
Holy Land "very eye-opening,"
Father Kaszynski said, noting that
he had arranged for travel on
Israeli airlines because "it gave
them a taste of the culture right
away - the Orthodox Jews on the
plane practice their faith in flight."

SCENES FROM the Holy Land: counterclockwise from top left,
parishioners travel down the Mount of Olives; a parishioner renews baptismal vows at the River Jordan; His Beatitude Michael Sabbah poses with
young pilgrims; three couples renew marriage vows at Cana; the pilgrims
pause at one of the stations on the Way of the Cross; the group at the
Garden of Gethsemane; on the Sea of Galilee. (All photos accompanying
this story by Paula Lawton except for Way of the Cross photos on p. I and
above, which were by a professional Holy Land photographer.)

Each pilgrim has returned with
his or her favorite moment, said
Father Kaszynski, but "Galilee was
a favorite spot for everybody" as
was the Dead Sea.
"They heard you couldn't drown
there because the salt content is so
high and they wanted to test that
out," the pastor chuckled, also
noting the area's scriptural significance as the area where John the
Baptist preached and where the
Dead Sea scrolls were discovered
in 1945.
The pilgrims were also intrigued
by the Judean desert, he said,
where they encountered a group of
Bedouins. "They were extremely
poor, families of 12 or 13 members
living the same way they have for
thousands of years," said Father
Kaszynski.
They weren't looking for money,
he said, because "they don't know
what to do with it. They just throw
it in the sand. What they wanted
was candy, bread and oranges."
The desert, where John the Baptist lived and Jesus fasted and was
tempted, was imptessive withits
"deafening silence" and "monasteries clinging to the side of huge
cliffs," Father Kaszynski said. "You
see nothing but barren mountains,
sand and camels."
The pilgrimage ended at Mt.
Tabor, site of Jesus' transfiguration. "It really was a bona fide pilgrimage," Father Kaszynski said,
noting that each pilgrim received a
certificate from the patriarch of
Jerusalem testifying that he or she
had visited the Holy Land in a
truly prayerful manner. The certificates were presented to the participants at Mt. Tabor by parishioner
David Feeney.
The pilgrims' experience will

have lasting effects in the parish's
educational efforts. Slides, videotapes and other audiovisual aides,
as well as the personal experiences
of the St. Stanislaus teachers, will
be integrated into the parish and
school Scripture study and centering prayer programs.
The three schoolchildren who
went on the trip "are like little
evangelizers in the school now,"
said Father Kaszynski. "The other
kids are fascinated that they went."
Meanwhile, Father Kaszynski is
planning to organize more pilgrimages. "I'll be involved in this
sort of ministry as long as I am
able," he said, adding, "We had a
lot of fun. People were surprised
that you can have a real pilgrimage
and have fun. But there's nothing
contradictory between the two."

Pope
John Paul II has asked Soviet
labor leaders to help promote peace
and justice. "The Catholic Church
always has encouraged the legiti-

mate activity of unions and invited
them to realize their role and mission in the modern world," he told
the leaders at a recent general
audience.

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Daughter shatters their trust
By Dr. James and Mary Kenny
that this will set the pattern of her
Dear Mary: Recently I found future lifestyle. How can I -conout that my 17-year-old daughter vince her of the folly of her ways,
became pregnant by a boy she had much less try to communicate that
allowed into our home after sehool she has murdered an unborn infant?
while her father and I worked. We - Pennsylvania
You seem to have two goals:
have had a long-standing rule that
to keep your daughter from
first,
no one was allowed into the house
unless we were home. We did not using your home to meet her boysuspect that she would disobey friends, and路 second, to convince
her she needs to live by certain
tbis rule.
values.
She had an abortion. We found
In regard to keeping boyfriends
out through an anonymous letter.
I believe tbe letter was written by out of your house, you are in that
most difficult situation: You have
one of her sclloolmates.
She continued the sexual rela- set down a rule you cannot pertionship after the abortion, as sonally enforce. Such a situation
apparently the physician prescribed invites lying and deception.
You could set up a situation
birth control pills. Once we found
---.IDJt. we insisted she terminate all where she does not go home after
contaet with the boy, and sbe bas scnool. She could, at your insist
been cooperative from what we ence, get a daily part-time job after
school. If a relative or close friend
.
ean see.
When confronted, my daugh- lives near you and is home, you
ter's comment was, "Well, mom, could arrange for your daughter to
we've been going together for two go there after school.
years. You must have known we
Your second goal is much more
were going to bed with each other." difficult. How do you instill your
Well, I didn't. What bothers me principles and values? You might
is her casual attitude. I don't think look for a value where your views
she believes she did anything wrong. are closer and then do something
She's cooperating because we told to put that value into practice.
her she would have to move out
Share your mutual value by
otherwise.
doing something together. You
How do you get through to
and she could volunteer one eventhese teen-agers? I'm concerned
ing per week or part of Saturday at

a local nursing home, soup kitchen
or shelter. Doing such service will
bring you closer than all the lectures you could devise. At the
same time, you will affirm your
own value of compassion and perhaps awaken or strengthen hers.
- I suggest that you avoid a situation involving pregnant girls or
babies. Deliberately trying to
awaken guilt at this point seems to
serve no purpose.
At this time your daughter does
not experience sorrow. At some
later time, perhaps when she eventually has a child, she might experience great sorrow. At that time
you will need to offer her compassion, not guilt.
In a scene from the movie "Gandhi" a Hmdu confessestl1at he has
. killed a Muslim child. Gandhi tells
the man to take an abandoned
Muslim child and raise it as his
own. When your daughter is ready,
she may find her own way to make
amends.
We cannot undo our past wrongs.
But sorrow and penance can lead
to forgiveness and peace.
.
Reader questions on family living or child care to be answered in
print are invited by the Kennys;
Box 872; St. Joseph's College;
Rensselaer, Ind. 47978.

The vanishing shopping cart incident
By Antoinette B.osco
It's a jungle out there. I get convinced of this almost every time I
take a trip to my local supermarket
1 on a weekend afternoon. Last Sat1 urday it was so crowded that not
only were there no shopping carts
I in the store, but I did not even see
anY,sprawled around the .parking
lot. I secured a cart only after following a woman out of the store
and waiting while she emptied it.
Once inside the busy store, I
proceeded to shop for groceries as
I always do. That is, I park my cart
close by me in the center of the
aisle as I gather items, then I drop
them into the basket before moving to the next aisle. This time,
however, I found myself in aisle
No. I with full arms but no cart.
"Hey lady," said a man behind
me, "someone just stole your cart.
C'mon, I'll point her out to you."
I thanked him for his concern
but declined his offer. Consumer
confrontation is not an ideal way
to start a weekend. I put .back the
groceries I was holding and went
out t<t look for another cart. I
found one after reaching the far
end of the parking lot.
This time 1 did not let the cart
out of my sight until I had five
items in it.
In the next aisle I parked my
cart as usual and wandered a few
feet away to scan the shelves for a
hard-to-find new product, a search
made more inviting by a $l-off
coupon. When I turned around I
saw four of my five grocery items
in a pile on the floor. Even my
paper-clipped coupons had been
discarded from my basket. The
fifth item, in the process of being
removed, was still in the hand of
the culprit.
"Oh, is this your basket?" she
asked, pretending innocence. 1
acknowledged that it was. She
retorted, . "I thought it was nobody's."
There are some people who
believe civilization is only skin
deep. They claim that human
decency is but a thin veneer that

simply camouflages our baser
nature.
Could this be true? The shopping cart incident certainly seems
to support this bleak notion.
Suppose instead offood baskets
it had been food itself that was in
short supply. What then? Would
most of us hoard what we could
get for ourselves, no longer concerned for others?
Could it be true that after 10,000
years of civilization, when personal
comfort is threatened, humanity
will act in a way that is only a short

step removed from the jungle? I
don't really think so. I believe
there is still more that is good in
humans than bad.
But the incidents in the supermarket certainly indicate that it.
does not take much. for discourtesy, selfishness and dishonesty to
raise their ugly heads.
We have to be on guard against
slipping into behavior that does
not befit people who have been
blessed with God's grace, wherever we find ourselves, including
the supermarket.

Dad, the film critic
By Hilda Young
My husband and I walked into
the family room. A maniac on the路
TV screen brandished a baUpeen
hammer. He was about to use it on
a screaming man strapped to a
chair.
Our three teens sat watching.
1 heard a "pooing" sound emanate from my husband.
He walked to the VCR and
punched the eject button. The
machine spit out the video like a
2-year-old with a bad taste in its
mouth.
"This is the adventure flick you
rented?" The question ricocheted
off one kid's forehead and parted
another's hair.
"N 0 more," their father growled.
The audience was pretty sure he
was referring to the video, but
stopped breathing, blinking and
moving just to be on the safe side.
Spouse shook the tape at them.
"There is torture in Central America, starvation in Africa, ethnic
murder in Asia, drug killings here.
And you (pause, eye contact with
each) want to watch one human
being ballpeen another and call it
entertainment."
No blink, no breath, no move.
"No more," he rumbled again.
"Not in this house!"
I shared his frustration. Values
have clashed in our home for a
long time over "entertainment."
What's too mature? How do you

best teach children how to make
value and moral judgments?
Does one inappropriate, unnecessary, explicit sex scene negate
an otherwise good film? Do TV
and movie violence desensitize us?
On and on....
You'd have to know my husband to truly appreciate what followed. He has standard lectures
on respecting other people's property, on not letting emotions control you, on prudence and toler-.
ance. He dropped the rental cassette
on the floor and stomped it.
Stomped it good.
"Don't even think censorship
and bookburning, friends," he read
their minds. "This is no more
impeding the exchange of ideas
than housetraining a puppy is
cruelty to animals."
The logic might have fluttered a
bit, but no one was calling him on
it.
"I'll make out a check for this.
You guys get it out of the house.
Now!"
Upstairs I raised my eyebrows
at Big Foot. "Really put your foot
down."
"Cute," he snorted. Then he
grinned. Big.
For a second I thought he was
going to laugh out loud.
"Y ou know," he said, "I wonder
what would happen if more videos
went back with a heel mark on
them?"

Marrow needed for Chinese girl, 6
WASHINGTON (CNS) - As
strength dwindled for a '6-year-old
Catholic Chinese girl in Toronto
awaiting a bone marrow transplant,
family and friends near and far
were working feverishly to find a
donor.
The girl, Elizabeth Lue, has been
hospitalized since Dec. 29 at Sick
Children's Hospital in Toronto
where she has been diagnosed with
aplastic anemia, a form of leukemia.
As of last week, no match for
bone marrow had been found
among more than 3,000 people
tested as possible donors. Doctors
said she had only six weeks to live.
Karlene Wong, Elizabeth's cousi'n, and Susan Mason, Mrs. Wong's
neighbor, both members of Mother

Food policy rapped
WASHINGTON(CNS)- With
its agricultural system "adrift without a moral compass," America
needs to "shape a more just and
generous U.S. food policy," declared Bishop John J. McRaith of
Owensboro, Ky. The former executive director of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference testified on behalf of that group and
the U.S. Catholic Conference before the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee.
Speaking also as a bishop from a
largely rural diocese, he urged Congress, as it drafts a new omnibus
farm bill, "to address the human
and moral dimensions of key agricultural issues."

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CATHOLl.C CHARITIES

Seton parish in Germantown, Md.,
have launched a massive campaign
in the Washington area to find a
donor for the little girl whom Mrs.
Wong described as quiet and very
smart.
"When she was 2, she was able
to put a big puzzle together," Mrs.
Wong told Catholic News Service.
"She's so bright. I wanted to help
because she's my cousin and because I am a mother and if something like this happened to my
child, I would hope someone would
help me."
Mrs. Mason said chances of
finding a match were one in 20,000
and the search was more difficult
because the National Marrow
Donor Program has only 2,500
Asians listed as possibilities.
"That doesn't mean just Chinese," Mrs. Mason said. "It also
means Japanese, Korean and other
Asians. The best match for Elizabeth would be someone from
southern China."
Finding money to cover the $75
cost for an initial test has been
hard because the Lue family's financial resources are just about
exhausted, Mrs. Mason said.
In New York, other Lue family
members were searching for a donor as well.
"We can't give up on this," Mrs.
Mason said. "But we need to find .
someone very fast. She's faltering."
If a donor cannot be found for
Elizabeth, the campai"gn will at
least help other Asian children
similarly ill, she added.
The initial $75 test calls for a
simple pinprick of the finger for a
blood sample. A second test, if the
first is positive, costs over $300. A
possible donor then proceeds to a

. THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., April 13, 1990

third test and, if successful, to the
bone marrow transplant.
Once a match is found, a small
amount of bone marrow is extracted from the donor's hip bone
in a fairly simple and painless
procedure, said Mrs. Wong, a
nurse.
Prospective donors of marrow
or funds may contact Lifesavers/
Elizabeth Lue, c/o Susan Mason,
Madison National Bank, 1425 K.
Street N. W., Washington, D.C.
20005.

FATHER VIRGIL C.
Blum, SJ, 77, a longtime advocate of religious and civil
rights, died of liver cancer
April 5 in Milwaukee. In 1973
he founded the Catholic
League for Religious and Civil
Rights, which he headed until
his death. Its goals are to fight
anti-Catholicism and protect
religious and civil rights.
(CNS photo)

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MASS"CITIZENS FOR LIFE
Monthly meeting 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, for directions call 636-4903.
CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB,NB
Monthly board meeting, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, St. Lawrence rectory,
110 Summer St., NB.
ST. HEDWIG, NB
St. Hedwig seniors 15th anniversary memorial Mass II a.m. Thursday. Celebrants will be Rev. Sebastian Slesinski and Rev. Jeremy
Chodacki. Stasia Szaro will speak.
A hincheon and meeting with nomiLaSALETTE CENTER,
nation of officers will follow.
ATTLEBORO
CATHEDRAL CAMP,
Mid-Life Weavings, a retreat
E. FREETOWN
dealing with goals, priorities, prayer
Tres Dias retreat April 19-22.
and spirituality of midlife, May 4-6.
Directors will be Kathryn Wrobel
ST. THOMAS MORE,
and Rev. Gilles Genest. Informa- SOMERSET
tion: 222~8530.
Easter party for grades k-5 1:30
p.m. tomorrow, parish center.
ST. JAMES, NB
Children should bring eggs to decoVincentians meet 7 p.m. Wednesrate; parents needed to assist. Youth
day, parish center.
junior high spring dance April
group
CANCER: PREVENTION,
20; chaperones needed.
PROGRESS AND YOU
SACRED HEART, FR
Ninth annual Health Institute on
Women's Guild meeting Tuesday.
Promoting Prevention, sponsored
Seniors meet 2 p.m. Monday, parish
by St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River,
hall.
and other 'institutions dealing with
cancer, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday, AIDS WORKSHOP
Bristol Community College, Fall
The Diocesan Office of Catholic
River. The program emphasizes Social Services will sponsor" AI DS:
illness prevention, health protection Strengthening Our Communities' Reand health promotion. Free, open to sponse," addressing educational,
public.
pastoral, social and personal aspects
of the disease, 1-6 p.m. April 22, St..
CITIZENS'SCHOLARSHIP
Joseph's Church, Taunton, and April
FOUNDATION, FR
29, Christ the King parish, Mashpee.
. Rev. John Cunningham, OP,
president of Providence College, will To register contact Catholic Social
Services, 674-4681.
be the main speaker at the 32nd
annual Citizens' Scholarship Foun- DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA
datio'n banquet, to be held April 24
Hyacinth Circle 71 monthly meetat Venus de Mil9 restaurant, Swan- . ing 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Holy Name
sea. Further information: James parish CCD center, Mt. Pleasant
Rogers, 46 N. Main St., Fall River.
St., NB. Circles from the Fall River
diocese will host ,a ~tate meeting
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER,
April 27-29 in South Yarmouth. Ail
ACUSHNET
1990-91 registrations for parish international convention will be held
school students are being accepted if\ July in Mpntreal.
f9r limited openings in preschool
ST. JOSEPH, N. DIGHTON
through grade 8. Information: school
Names of parish high school
office, 995-4313, 8:30 a.m. 3 p.m.
seniors are being accepted for the
$300 Leona O'Connell Scholarship
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, FR
to be drawn May 6; information:
Council of (:atholic Women meetJackie Chariwood, 823-3720.
. ing 7 p.m. April 17, Father Reis hall.
Members are asked to bring canned
or packaged foods for the needy and
to indicate if they will attend an open
district meeting April 25 at Blessed
Sacrament Church, Fall River.
O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER
The Ladies' Guild is offering two
$5QO scholarships for the 1990-91
school year.Parishioners wishing to
apply must be completing their
second year in a four-year college or
their first year in a two-year institution or community college; information: Mary Bond, 385-2100, or rectory, 385-3252. Application deadline
May 14.
CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE
Women's Guild potluck supper
Wednesday, parish hall; social hour
5:30 p.m. dinner 6:30 p.m. followed
by slide· presentation of bicycle trip
across the country. All parish women
invited; guests welcome. Information: Barbara Cress, 477-2734.
ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET
Youth group will sponsor an Easter
egg hunt for children 7 and under 10
a.m. tomorrow, church ~rounds.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE,
'SWANSEA
Ladies of St. Anne Sodality meet
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, parish hall.
Mary-Lou Mancini of Fall River
Catholic Social Services will speak
on child abuse.
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB
Father Hugh Burns will conduct a
parish mission April 21 to 25 with
Mass and a homily at j 0 each morning and a differing talk at 7 each
evening, followed by coffee and a
question period. The missioner will
introduce the program at all Masses
April 21 and 22.
ST. PATRICK, FALMOUTH
Guild meeting 7 p.m. Monday.
ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON
CCD students will accompany the
Easter Bunny to Marian Manor
tomorrow afternoon to distribute
gift baskets they prepared as a Lenten
activity. CCD director Margaret
Travis and other teachers will meet
at the center at I p.m.; parents
invited to llssist.
HOLY NAME, FR
Confirmed high-school-age youth
are invited to take part in a youth
retreat May 4-6, Family Life Center,
N. Dartmouth; contact Father
Thomas Frechette.
WIDOWED SUPPORT GROUP,
FR
The group is sponsoring an overnight trip May 19 and 20 to the
Norman Rockwell Museum and
Marian shrine, both at Stockbridge.
Those from other diocesan areas are
invited. Information: Annette Dellecese, 679-3278.

Warnings asked
WASHINGTON (CNS) - The
U.S. Catholic Conference has called
for TV programs. to carry warnings when they include indecent
material and urged that such programs not air when children may
be viewing without adult supervision. Children watch television after
school,in the evenings and throughout the weekend, but generally
have adults watching with them
only in the evenings, the USCC
. said. The USCC commented to
the Federal Communications
Commission, which asked for
reactions to proposed rules on
broadcasting indecency .

THIS POLISH woman's home is filled with symbols of
her strong Catholic faith. Some 95 percent of Poles are·
Catholic. (CNS photo)

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New jobs for Card. Baum, Abp. Laghi
VATICAN CITY(CNS)- U.S.
Cardinal William W. Baum has
been named to head the Apostolic
Penitentiary, the Vatican office
that deals with matters of conscience involving the sacraments
and procedural issues concerning
the sacraments and indulgences. Replacing him as head of the
Vatican Congregation for Catholic
Education is Italian Archbishop
Pio Laghi, since December 1980
the pope's representative in the
United States.
The Vatican announcement did
not say who would replace Archbishop Laghi in Washington.
Cardinal Baum, 63, who suffers
from eye problems, has headed the
education congregation since 1980.
At the Apostolic Penitentiary, he
replaces Italian Cardinal Luigi
Dadaglio who is 75, the normal
retirement age for Vatican officials.
Prior to being named to the
education congregation, Cardinal
Baum was bishop of Springfield-

Cape Girardeau, Mo., and archbishop of Washington. In 1976 hewas named a cardinal.
Archbishop Laghi, 67., was
assigned' as apostolic delegate to
the United States in 1980. At the
time, no U.S.-Vatican diplomatic
recognition existed, but after relations were established in 1984, he
became apostolic pronuncio to the
United States, representing the
Vatican to the U.S. government as
well as to the U.S. bishops.

Chicago closings
CHICAGO (CNS) - Cardinal
Joseph L. Bernardin of Chicago
has announced the closings of 13
parishes and two schools in addition to closings announced last
January as a cost-cutting move.
The new announcement brings the
number oJ parishes targeted for
closure to 28, and schools to eight.
Up to nine more parishes may
close following completion of studies due Jan. I, 1991.

,HAPPY
EASTER!

Mark, a member ofSt. Dominic
parish, Swansea, died in 1986 at
age 14. Unlike White, he was not
ostracized by schoolmates and
neighbors but welcomed by the
Swansea school system. He was
the first AI DS victim in the nation
knowingly allowed to attend
school. .
Mark and White kept in touch
with each other, said Jay Hoyle,
Mark's father, a teacher at St.
John Evangelist School, Attleboro,
and 1990 winner of the Daughters
of the American Revolution award
for Massachusetts American History Teacher of the Year.

May the Wann Feeling. of Love, .Happiness

and Joy...Fill You and
Your Family on .'
this Happy and Hoiy Easter Sunday..

After Mark's death, Hoyle wrote
a book about his'son. Titled
"Mark," it was published in 1988
to widespread attention. Hoyle also
organized the annual Mark G.
Hoyle MemoriaJ Road Race, to
begin this year at 10 a.m. May 20.

M. oS. A.

Open to runners, joggers and
walkers, the three-mile contest will
start from Cardi's Furniture Store
in Swansea. Proceeds will benefit
the Mark G. Hoyle Scholarship
Fund, which makes grants to graduating seniors from Case High
School, Swansea, where Mark was
a student.
This year's race is dedicated to
the Case class of 1990, of which
Mark was a member. Further information is available at 678-580 I.

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Holy Name Church
Fall River. MA
Invites you to join us for an evening on the Old Fall River Line.
Friday Evening. April 27. 1990
Whites of Westport - Rt,6 Westport. MA

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buffet for this evening. Cruise members have a
choice of two seaiings.
First seating
Second Seating

Visit this room with a Cabaret motif from 7 p.m. to
12 midnight.

f'eca.turLnq:
Music by Bobby Justin
Scott Wallace· Comedian

6- 6:30 p.m.
8 - 8:30 p.m.

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Cash in.your chit for casino chips and try your luck
in this 1'00111.

The Swansea Community Orchestra will provide
the music for dancing from 8 p.m. to 12 midnight.
Listen and dance to the music of this outstanding
group of musicians.

Extra casino chips may be purchased from the
Casino Bursar.

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prize of $2500.
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Bishop Feehan
Bishop Feehan High School
The team of 12 is coached by Vircomputer science team members
ginia Jolin.
Edward Boren,'Steven Goodreau,
Eric Lefebvre and Bryan Shurtleff
Feehan students will participate
recently competed in the annual
in the second annual FUN(D) Day
high school computer programon May 14. The program, designed
ming contest at Providence Colby Edward Gagnon, promotes
lege. Coached by Michael Kraemphysical fitness. Sponsors will super, the team placed sixth in a field
port students in any of 20 activiof 16. The team's next meet is
ties, including a walk-a-thon, basscheduled for May 4 at the Wentketball, aerobic dancing, biking,
worth Insitute of Technology,
tennis and skateboarding. A rock
Bostoll.
band led by senior'Marc Cote will
The Attleboro school's math. provide added inspiration for the
team also faced competition reathletes.
cently, participating in state semifinals at Falmouth High School.
Senior physics students will parThe team placed second in the
ticipate
in the second annual Physmid-size schools category, and cocaptain Steven Goodreau was ics Day, to be held Friday, May
elected to the Southeastern Mas- 18, at Canobie Lake Park, Salem,
NH. This is a national program in sachusetts All-Star Math Team.
which students will receive data on
all rides at the park, and then
apply mechanical principles in
Montie Plumbing
order to ascertain how the ride
functions. The students are then
Heating Co.
fre,e to enjoy the rides.
Over 35 Years
Meanwhile, budding scientists
of Satisfied Service
in Sheila Fisher's freshman biolReg. Master Plumber 7023
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tomato seeds from space, compar- .
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seeds to seek possible differences
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caused by long-term exposure to
cosmic radiation. Results will be
forwarded to NASA by June 15.
Students will be looking for possible mutations such as changes in
fruit size and color,growth rate,
and leaf, stem, and stalk. shapes
and sizes.
Rev. J. Joseph Kierce
if\1e Space Exposed Experiment
Author and Producer of
Develope'd
for Students (SEEDS)
The New England P.assion Play
was one of 57 experiments housed
"THE CHRISTUS"
on the recently recovered Long
Duration Exposure Facility satellite. After a nearly six-year voyage
.in space, the '12.5 million tomato
seeds were rescued by the crew of
the Space Shuttle Columbia on
January 12. SEEDS offers students a one-of-a-kind, hands-on
experiment to study the effects of
long-term space exposure on living tissue.
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Day Fair held recently at Bridgewater State College. Juniors Rachel
Doherty and Nate DesRosiers won
top honors in the group media
presentation category with their
work on the Taunton Silversmith
Industry. In the individual projects division, junior Sarah Funke
earned first prize with her work on
movie special effects. Junior Ann
Giovanoni placed second with her .
work on NASA space projects.
These students move on to state
competition in Springfield on April
28.
M ore than 70 students played in
the annual 2-on-2 basketball tournament in March. The winners
were Derrick Wronski and Matt
McMullen in the boys' juniorsenior division; Sean Levesque and
Shawn Thielker in the boys' freshman-sophomore division. More
than $200 was raised for St. Vincent's Day Camp for Boys in Westport, where Coyle-Cassidy chaplain
Fr. William Boffa'is director.

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On Tuesday, 90 Bishop Connolly High School freshmen attended a performance of Shakespeare's "A Midsummef.. Night's
Dream" at the North Shore Theater
in Beverly. Roland Lacroix .of the
English department coordinated
the trip.
Also on Tuesday, 150 sophomores from the Fall River ScllOOI
participated in a day-long environmental conference at Bristo'l
Community College. The conference program discussed such issues
as earth science, groundwater contamination, plastics and ocean
dumping.
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The Alumni Association has
several projects underway, including updating the alumni database.
Dr. Kevin Kilroy is organizing an
alumni golf tournament for September, and a summer tennis tournament is being planned. Connolly
Contacts, an informal afterbusiness-hours gathering, will meet
in June at Newport Jai Lai. The.
class of 1970 reunion committee,
headed by Jay Sullivan, plans its
20th reunion for May 26.

basketball sq'uad, h~ was honored
as team MVP, selected to the Fall
River Herald . News all-star basketball team and lis~ed ,among the
top' 40 seniors in Massachusetts
high school basketball.

tYO. b~lsketball
season' complete
The curtain recently fell on another season for the Fall River
A'rea CYO Basketball League.
More than 800 young men and
women.between the ages of 10 and
21 took part in this' year's program
on over 60 teams.
Regular season and playoff
champions in each division were:
Junior A Girls, St. George; Junior
B Girls, St. George; Junior A
Boys, St. William; Junior B Boys,
St. Michael; Junior C Boys, Holy
Name; Senior A Boys, Santo
Christo.
In the Prep Boys' division, Espirito Santo finished first for the regular season, while Santo Christo
won the playoffs. For Senior B
Boys, Santo Christo placed first in
regular season play and St. William took the playoffs.
In diocesan competition, St.
William's Junior ABoys defeated
St. Joseph, New Bedford, in two
out of three games to win the
diocesan championship for the
division.
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In other diocesan competition,
th.e St. George girls were defeated
by St. Joseph, New Bedford; Santo
Christo Prep lost to Taunton; and
Santo Christo Seniors' fell to St.
Patrick, Wareham.
All Fall River CYO basketball
participants will be honored at the
League's annual banquet May 8 at
McGovern's Restaurant, Fall
River.
The Fall River Area CYO is,
directed by Father Jay Maddock,
assisted by Albert Vaillancourt,
John Medeiros and Charlie Medeiros.

The French team defeated the
Portuguese team in the finals of
the foreign language culture bowl
to end Coyle-Cassidy's observance
of Foreign Language Week. Students studied questions based on
The Connolly' art department
the Spanish, Latin American,
will host a fine arts exhibition May
French, Portuguese and Latin
20-23, to include work by Concultures.
nolly students and a young artists'
French team members were
division for students at area eleRachel Doherty, Nate DesRomentary schools. Art coordinators
siers, Anne Marie Barton and Neil , who wish to submit work by fifth
Dube. Each received a cash prize. ' through' eighth graders are asked
to contact Connolly to preregister.
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Dave DeCiantis, assistant basdivision and Carolyn Misch took
ketball coach at Stonehill College,
the women's division at the sevNorth Easton, has announced that
enth annual running of the James
Bishop Connolly senior Jason Ryan
and Helen Lamb Memorial Schohas accepted Stonehill's offer of a
larship Road Race. Zimmerly fin.
ished more thail two-and-a-haIf. basketball scholarship.
The 6'9" center has been inminutes before the second place.
runner, covering the distance in' fluential in the Cougars' back-to-'
24:49.1. Misch took seventh over- back SMC divisional championships, averaging 18 points, 17
all in the five mile race and won the
rebounds and five blocked shorts a
women's race in a time of 28:42.
game.
A captain ,of the 1989-90
In'the 2 mile Fun' Run, Luis
Baptista won the men's division in
10:47. In the girls' division, Bo
Bevis won the two mile race' in
14:14.
By Tom Lennon
Marriage between a man-and a
'The event drew more than 225
About
15
years
ago
an
episode
woman
is much more than a mere
runners.
of a' PBS television series, "The "custom." It was instituted by God.
Pallisers," gave us a glimpse at an
Moreover, it has been with the
amusing dating custom of the past. . human race for much longer than
Coyle-Cassidy had two first place
The story took place, I believe, in a couple of centuries.
winners and one second place fin-·
the 18th' century', and it loving
But Kevin and many other young
'ish in the annual regional History
. young couple wanted nothing so
people do not seem to ,know this.
Four fifth graders, 16 sixth
much as a quiet walk alone in the
They are not-in touch.with the past
graders, 24 seventh graders and 21
formal gardens.
of their.human family.
'eighth graders participated in a
But throughout their walk t~ey
A phi.losopher, George SanONL YFULL·lINE RElIGIOUS
recent science fair at TCMS with were monitored by a chaperone.-a
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$250 in prizes awarded to winning
severe looking elderly woman who
who cannot remember the past are
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sat
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to repeat it."
SUMMER SCHEDULE
Ryan Ballard; first; Brianne Rug~ ed every move the young c'ouple
This raises important questions.
OPEN 7 DA
giero, second; Lori Shanko, third.. made.
. How can young. people like Kevin
~Winners for grade 6, in the same
Such strict scrutiny does not
get in tQuch with the long past of
order, were Christina Danforth,
take place today, although cha- ,their human family - and avoid
Sullivan-'s
Katie Goldri(;k, and Stephen perons wisely lurk in the backserious mistakes? Where can they
Plante; grade 7: Jeffrey Angeley,
Religious Goods
ground at some high school parnow find the truths that earlier
Kate Tenney, and Paula Fernandes;: ties. In a general way the
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generations worked so hard to disgrade 8: Jeffrey 'Gallagher, Jody chaperone is no longer omniprescover, truths that profoundly affect
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Crownover, and Jeana Fernandes. ent on every date.
John & Mary Lees, Props
their quest for happiness? Whom
Seventh graders Patrick McKay,
can they talk to and what can they
It is the nature of customs to be
Judith Murphy and Shanna Cole transitory. They change with the . read that will help them?
received. Principal's Awards.
times, just as styles in clothing do. . . If you could talk to Kevin now,
Seven TCMS students partici. My young friend Kevin is under
what would you suggest that he do
pated in the regional sCience fair at the impression that getting marto get in touch with his past and to
Bristol Community college, Fall riedand raising a family is just a' . build a happy future? And where
River.
custom. Furthermore, he thinks it . can he learn what are merely cusJeff Angely received first place is one that is passing from ·the
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honors in the junior division and scene and one that originated fairly
institutions?
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Sign of Life
Method for his project on recyTel. 674-4881
But the idea of getting married
cling and. John Clift earned third and raising a family has been
"In doubt about one's life, one's
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inganimation. Kate Tenney's study race. Since that time the family has ples, there is always living. It is a
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frirerator and maintenance service.
mention, as did Luke Frisbee's that larger society we call the and to be uncomfortable."-John
project on preservatives in bread.
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By Robert Doolittle
Maybe you don't like rules. And
you're thinking of all the petty
rules that benefit the rule-giver
and do nothing for you but restrict
your freedom. But a good rule
does just the opposite: It unlocks
your possibilities. It sets you free.
For instance, if you want the.
freedom to hit a baseball long, you
need to know the rules of good
hitting. If you want tl).e freedom to
enjoy Paris, you need the rules of
. good French.
When Moses brought the Ten
Commandments down, no doubt'
some folks thought these rules
would cramp their style, but the
brighter people saw that their little
tribe Israel was being given an
awesome advantage in the game of
life.
This potent little list of how-tos
would put them head and shoulders
above all their neighbors. God was
now their coach; they couldn't

divine gifts and don't drop them
until you have solid answers.
2. Bargain as an equal with your
employer for a work schedule that
respects both his (her) priorities
and yours.
3. When living hurts so much
you can't bear it, tell someone you
trust everything you feel.
4. Practice telling yourself daily
what's wonderful about you -and
do it just as often for others.
5. When someone hurts you,
don't retaliate. Pray hard for love
and then confront honestly.
6. Make it a point of personal
honor never to lie to your parents,
lose; and they didn't, as long as
no matter what the price.
they played by his rulebook.
7. When you're in love, put it all
When Jesus came, it was to
into
building a great relationship,
coach us higher yet into life's posand keep sex sacramental so Christ
sibilities for success and, yes, glory.
can make it glorious.
He restated the old rules and added
8. Attack your selfish habits
some new "commandments" of his •
with the sacrament of reconciliaown that would tap us into even
tion, and use it to keep your heart
greater power.
peaceful.
If you've never heard the Gospel
9. Use weekly Mass to increase
put to you in such a way that you
your
power to love - and go alone
feel suddenly stronger and freer
and ready for anything, then you're to the tabernacle with your big
missing out on the church's main decisions.
10. Stake your happiness and
purpose - to open up for you a
life
plans on the pleasure of giving
great empowering current of truth
that will shake you up and wake rather than the pleasure of having.
you up.
Maybe that sounds like a tall
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modern day. Wejl, let's see if I can
do. right here a bit of what I'm
talking about.
Get ready, because here come 10
Bed C;y Brea/if<!s[
rules of Moses and Jesus, refocused on the situations you face
every day.
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I. Treat your tough questions as

Catholic University offers engineel'ing
conference for high schoolers
WASHINGTON (CNS) - The
Catholic University of America in
Washington has invited high school
students froin around the country
to apply for a weeklong summer
conference on engineering, scheduled for July 8-13.
A pilot program for Engineering 2000 was held on the Catholic
University campus last summer.
Its purpose is to stimulate interest in engineering careers among
promising high school students
and to head off a potential shortage of engineers and scientists in
the United States.
Students will participate in
activities such 'as robot and prosthesis design, signal processing and
materials engineeri.ng. Those attending will hear presentations 'by
engineers (rom government,' industry, universities and professional societies.
Participants will also tour major

engineering projects in the Washington-Baltimore area.
Those selected will receiv'e scholarships that cover all program
costs except fOf transportation and
a $100 non-refundable registration
fee. Deadline for applications is
May I, and winners will be notified by May 15.
Engineering 2000 was funded by
a gift from Jose Yglesias, a 1951
electrical engineering graduate of
Catholic University and president
of Syscon Corp. in Washington.
Interested 'studentswho will
graduate from high school in 1991
should write for applications to
Dean Jol).n J. McCoy, S(:hoolof
Engineering and Architectun;, The
CathQlic University of America,
Washington, D.C. 20064. The completed application form must be
accompanied by a copy of grade
transcripts and a letter of recommendation from a science or rriath
teacher.

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., April 13, 1990
Now, probably someone is saying, "That's very nice, but it's not
the Gospel."
And I have to say back to you,
take another look at your Bible.
Everyone of these adapted commandments is taken directly from
Jesus and his people and the way
they handled themselves and their
problems.

But here's a better way you can
tell if these 10 rules are true to
Jesus. Just sit down in a quiet spot
and say, "Lord, would this help
me, to live this way?"
And listen.
You quickly will know inside
how well these commandments
match up to what God wants for
you.

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Rejoice
We worship and 'give thanks
-to God"at Eastertime for all
the blessings bestowed on
us.·'
TO.ol)r friends, we extend··
Easter greetingsancf good
wishes. May the spirit of
Easter inspire u.s all.

MICHAEL BARRY, second from left,. spoke during
Bishop Stang High School's Drug and Alcohol Awareness
Week about how he overcame heroin addiction and alcoholism to become a triathelete and campaigner against substance
abuse. Also pictured are, from left, Cathy Baptiste, Scott Orr,
Students· Against Drunk Driving advisor Sandra Charves,
Elizabeth Medeiros and Deborah Amaral.

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Details enclosedon how you can receive this Mothers Day
medallion ofthe BlessedMother.

Six Thousand Missionaries Serving The Poor On Six Continents
For over 160 years, the Missionary Oblates
ofMary Immaculate have served the poorest
ofthe poor around the world. Over 6,000
Priests and Brothers in the Oblates of Mary
Immaculate continue this legacy today with
missions on all six continents.
Setting an example ofsacrifice and dedication, Oblate missionaries are often the only
means ofhelp when disaster strikes some of
the remote parts ofthe world where they serve.
Bangladesh, Zambia, Chad, Cameroon,
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Supported by the gifts and donations of
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All donations are tax-deductible to the
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At The Basilica Of The Annunciation
Dear Friend:
Do you remember yo.ur moth~rs love for you as a
child? We all h.av~ a speCIal plac~ mour he~ for our
mothers, cherIshmg our memOrIes ofgrowmg up.
Iwant to help you remember your mother, grandmoth~rs, aunt:s, and othe~ who have shm:ed ~ maternal
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your mothers honor at the
Basilica ofthe Annunciation
inNazareth. Built at the site
where the Angel Gabriel
announced that Mary would
become f!1e m?ther of
God, thIS shrIne forever
remembers our Blessed
Mothers love for her
Son and for.~l of us:
PleaseJom me m
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sendmg
those you wish to have
remembered-whether
living or deceased-on
Mothers Day. Simply list
their names on the attached
certificate, and Iwill arrange to
have them re~embered ~t the
altar on Mothers Day.

Helping Mothers and Families
Around The World

Just as your mother helped you
throughout your life, please assist us in

making a better life for poor mo~e~ and their families
in our missions. In the remote mISSIOn areas served by
the Oblates ofMary Immaculate, I've seen the griefof
many mothers who have lost their children due to diseases, unclean water and malnutrition:...
Your gift of $15 helps us supply antibIotics and moculations to protect young infants during their ~ritical
first year oflife. Adonation of $25 can help bUIld wells
to provide clean wate~ thereby preventing countless
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And m drought-ravaged AfrIca, your gIft of $10
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